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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200411-17 (mtink)
Information
Severity
Severity
Low
Family
Family
Gentoo Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
2.1
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
15 years ago
Modified
Modified
6 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200411-17.
Insight
Insight
mtink is vulnerable to symlink attacks, potentially allowing a local user to overwrite arbitrary files with the rights of the user running the utility.
Solution
Solution
All mtink users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-print/mtink-1.0.5' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200411-17 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70310